November 12th, 2009
Several weeks ago, we received a manuscript submission that really caught our attention. However, unlike others, this one didn’t necessarily pique our interest for conventional reasons. It was the envelope, rather than submission that got us talking. Instead of using traditional postage, the sender tiled nearly the entire upper-half of the large 12 x 10 inch envelope in a photomontage of stamps featuring headshots of Canadian musicians. Among the faces are those of Bryan Adams, Édith Butler, Robert Charlebois, and Stompin’ Tom Connors.
Previously unfamiliar with these names, we decided to use this as an opportunity to broaden our knowledge of [...]
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October 27th, 2009
The bookshelves of the Bucknell University Press office are home to a surprising number of books with spine-tingling titles. To go by spines alone, you might think Halloween-inspired books were a specialty.
We selected 13 books with titles, and some with covers, that are spooky enough for this holiday:
1. Gothic Terrors: Incarceration, Duplication, and Bloodlust in Spanish Narrative by Abigail Lee Six (2010)
2. Monstrous Society: Reciprocity, Discipline, and the Political Uncanny at the End of the Early Modern Period by David Collings (2009)
3. On the Dark Side of the Archive: Turn of the Century, Nation, and Literature in Spanish America by Juan Carlos González Espitia
4. Murder [...]
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October 27th, 2009
“I am half inclined to think we are all ghosts, Mr. Manders. It is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers that exists again in us, but all sorts of old dead ideas and all kinds of old dead beliefs and things of that kind. They are not actually alive in us; but there they are dormant, all the same, and we can never be rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper and read it, I fancy I see ghosts creeping between the lines. There must be ghosts all over the world. They must [...]
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October 27th, 2009
Books touch every aspect of our lives, and the business of making books can be as interesting, diverse and thought provoking as life itself. This blog is about the unusual and the surprising in the everyday world of academic publishing, about the unexpected cultural, social and artistic realms opened for our consideration, and about the remarkable ways in which our authors and their books enable us to engage in a world far beyond the boundaries of our historic and picturesque Pennsylvania town.
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